Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 21, 2009
Honeywell said Wizz Air selected a safety and navigational avionics suite and the 131-9A APU for installation on 70 new Wizz Air Hungary A320s, with a long-term service agreement on the APU.
Apr 20, 2009
American Airlines said its first of its 42 787-9s, originally scheduled to arrive in 2012, now likely will be delivered in the second half of 2013 owing to last year's Boeing machinists strike. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, AA said the new schedule was "based on preliminary information received from Boeing." It also holds 58 787 options.
Apr 17, 2009
Gulf Air officially turned its eight 787 options into firm orders, lifting its commitment to the next-generation widebody to 24 and giving Boeing its first 787 orders this year. The manufacturer recorded the deal on its Orders and Deliveries website this week even though the Bahraini carrier had committed to the extra eight aircraft last summer (ATWOnline, Sept. 5, 2008).
Apr 17, 2009
Sunwing Airlines of Canada took delivery of a 189-seat 737-800.
Apr 16, 2009
AmSafe Bridport was awarded a contract to provide cargo hold nets for the A350. Deal will run through the life of the program.
Sep 01, 2015
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. is pushing Superjet SSJ100 aircraft sales in Southeast Asia as part of a new strategy to expand its emerging market commercial sector sales by 30%.
Sep 01, 2015
With E-Jet sales outpacing Embraer’s current production levels, the manufacturer will have to consider production increases starting as soon as next year.
Sep 01, 2015
The pilot of a Bombardier Dash-8 regional airliner has described a near-collision with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while on approach to London’s City Airport as “possibly catastrophic.”
Sep 01, 2015
The European Commission has given the go-ahead for GKN Aerospace to acquire Fokker Technologies Group.
Aug 31, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat launched the third satellite in its Global Xpress program, Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3), on Aug. 28.
Aug 31, 2015
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is preparing to receive the first of 17 modified Embraer E-195s.
Aug 31, 2015
The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test flight is scheduled for the latter half of October, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced.
Aug 31, 2015
United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) said it expects the Russian commercial aviation market to need 860 aircraft at a list value $94 billion from 2015 through 2034.